Gerund: baling. Usually a cotton or hay bale, which was cotton or hay compacted into a rectangular cross section bundle and held together by wire (baling wire for hay) or steel bands (for cotton).
: a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery; also: friar.
Chuuk Islands, formerly Truk Islands or Hogoleu Islands, cluster of 16 much-eroded high volcanic islands in the Federated States of Micronesia, western Pacific Ocean. 1  The name Chuuk means âhigh mountainsâ in the Chuukese language, one of several Malayo-Polynesian languages that are used in the islands.